SDR GTIA020495

Service difficulty report · Ram Air Door · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 8, 2002
Submitted
June 19, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820NK
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49126
Part
Ram Air Door
Condition
Cracked
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FTW - FOUND APU RAM AIR DOOR CRACKED RIGHT HINGE CORNER APPROX .5 INCH. DURING INSTALLATION OF REPAIR, FOUND SKIN CRACKED LEFT CORNER OF SKIN AT HINGE, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT STIFFENERS CRACKED AT THROUGH BOLT HOLE AND 2 FT BY 5 INCH PIECE OF METAL TORN OFF L/E OF RIGHT STIFFENER. REMOVED AIR INLET PANEL. INSTALLED NEW AIR INLET PANEL AND ORIGINAL ACTUATOR. (M)

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